Adjustable cap



Dec. 10,1929. J. CARLSON I 1,738,638

ADJUSTABLE GAP- Filed neogs; 1927 2. Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR Julzus Carlson Dec. 19, 1 929. J. CARLSON ADJUSTABLE CAP Filed D90. 5, 192'? 2 Sheets-Sheat 2 VENTOR Julzus Carlson 7 Zr-roman! Patented Dec. 10, 1929 uniran mm e-rice JuL us CABLSON, or nnooxryn, NEW YOR ADJUSTABLE CAP I Application filed December 5, 1927. Serial No. 237,604.

to provide a pair of straps attached to the rear portion of the, cap and meeting at the front of the cap, the front ends of the straps being connected to a suitable fastening element such as a. buckle for adjustment. With the aforesaid construction, however, at least one loose end of the straps is visible and uncontrolled at all times thereby detracting from the good appearance of the cap by hanging: loosely from the buckle. It has further been 1 customary not to seam the lower front portion of the cap to the lower rear portion at the center of the sides and to provide a tongue member in connection with the rear edge of the front section which tongue member projects rearwardly and enters a suitable pocket in the lining of the rear section. With this construction the tongue member advances rearwardly into the pocket as the size of the 7 cap is decreased and is partly withdrawnv from the pocket-as the size of the cap is increased. Said construction, however, has the defect that the lining of the cap at the side pockets is likely to be puckered or bunched in pleats about the pocket as the size of the cap is decreased, that an unseen portion or raw edge of the lining may appear when the size of the cap is increased, and that the tongue may even be entirely withdrawn from the pocket if an attempt is made'to enlarge the size too much. My invention contemplates a construction wherein the disadvantages above pointed out are eliminated, and a cappresenting a finished appearance throughout at alltimes and for all sizes, is provided.

' The various objects of my invention will appear from the descriptionwhich follows and from the drawings, in which, V 0

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my mproved cap, the tip being raised to expose the adjusting straps andthe tongue on the front section being shown in dotted lines. i

Fig. 2 is an inside side view of a portion of the cap at the sides or pockets, the lining and the pocket formed thereby having been removed to show more clearly the construction of the tongue member. r

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the same with the lining in place.

- Fig. 4 is a perspective, view of the cap lining with its adjustable sides in their most eX- tended position for the largest size, showing particularly the construction of the lining at the sides where the adjustment takes place.

Fig. 5 is a siinilar View of a portion of the, same, showing the position assumed by the what decreased.

lining when thesize of the cap has been some F ig. 6 is an inside view, similar to Fig. 3,

showing the lining in the position it assumes when extended. Fig. 7 is a hor adjusting straps izontal section of part of the and of the means for holding the straps in adjusted position.

Fig. 8 is a similar view of a modified form of the strap holding means, and 1 Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the same.

In the practical embodiment of my invention, the cap is formed in the usual Way and for convenience will be considered as divided into two sections comprising the front section 10 and the rear section 11. The sections are suitably; joined together in the customarymanner and arenot seamed together at cap. To the rear sectionlland just reararound to the front of the cap to rest" on the visor 14:. Themost forwardly end 15 of the i strap 13 (Fig; 7) is secured to the cross bar 16 of the buckle 17. in any suitable manner.

For instance, in 15 passed about in place thereto, or seams 18, in a V in the art and whichv need described in detail. I

t isdesired to eliminate the If, however, i

7 I have shown the end the cross bar 16' and secured two points in the lowermost edges thereof,v I that is,at,the openings 12 at the sides of the wardly of the open edge 12, i's'secured one of the adjusting straps 13, which is brought as by means either of staples manner which is well known not therefore be staples or seams 18, suitably projecting curved prongs 19 may be provided on one edge 20 of the cross bar 16, and said prongsily turned over against the rear face of the cross bar (Fig. 8) to permanently secure the strapend 15 in place. 7 V

It will be understoodthat before the strap 13 is securedto the buckle 17 ,it is first passed through the loop 21. Said loop is secured to the most forwardly end 22 of the strap 23 which extends about the'other'side of thecap toward the front thereof. The strap 23 passes through thespace 24 of the buckle .17 from the rear to the front thereof,ithen-past the Ifron'tfa'ce "of the cross bar 16 :and then through the space25 of the buckle. The portion 26 of the strap 23, thereby arranged in thebucklebetween the outside ends 27 and 28 thereof, not only conceals the end 15 of the other strap 13 secured about the cross bar but also covers andconceals the cross bar itself. Teeth or prongs as 29 may be provided on the inneriends of the-edge "27 of the buckle for engaging and passing into the strap 23 when the straps are relatively tensioned so that movement of'the buckle '17 relatively to the strap 13 is ordinarily prevented. If, however,'it is desired to adjust the cap to a new 's'i ze, the teeth 29 may be withdrawn by merely pulling the buckle 17 toward the left as viewed in Figs. 1 and 7, thereby moving the buckle relative'lylto "the strap 23 and away from 'the end 22 thereof, 'whereupon the buckle 17 may be further adjusted in either direction to change the effective lengths of the straps 13 and23 and thereby to change the head size of the cap.

The buckle 17 is preferably made of a single piece of sheet, material and is preferably made concaveforwardly so that the arrangement of the straps at "thecross bar does not appear *unduly bulky from the front of the cap. V f

The front section 10 of the cap is provided with a rear extension 30in the form of a tongue having an'inclined upper edge '31.

The lower edged the tongue is stiffenedas "by means of the stiffening member 32 ofstiff canvas or other suitable material seamed thereto and continued if desired around to r the visor 14. "The lowermostedg'ei33'of the i tongueiandofthe front section 10 is turned inwardlyjabout the stiffening. member and seamed thereto as by'means ofs'uitable stitching 34. "(Fig 2. "As has been explained hereinbe'fore, the front section 10 remains unattached to the irealfsectionllalong an edge 12 at the side of the cap, but fthe tongue30 projects past that edge and the outside of the ltonguebei'ng of "the same material as the remainder of .the section thereby obstructs and closes any openingwhich i'might otherwise appear betweenthe front and rear sec,

tions of the cap and causes the cap to appear like any ordinary non-adjustable cap. In order to conceal the tongue 30 from view on the inside of the cap and at the same time to form a pocket for the reception of said tongue, 1 prefer to usethe usual lining 35 constructedand arranged ina peculiar manlower edge at the upright side edge 12 of the cap. ,The sides36 of the lining 35 when of the lining is secured to the lowermost edge,v

41 of the rear section 11 (Fig.6) by means f ner so as to present at all times a finished of suitable stitching .42 running up tothe permanently folded edge 43 of the fold-38. The front edge 44 of the lining issimilarly seamed to the lowermost edge-45 of the tongue 30 as by meansof stitching 46 running up to a point adjacent to the 'fold'line 43 and indicated bythe notch 47 in F igs. 4, 5 and 6. It will therefore be seen that only that portion 48 of the liningbehind the permanent fold 38 and between the points 47 and 37 is free and unseamed to the lower edge of the cap. The portion 48 being at all timescovered by the fold 38 is always invisible whereby the lower edge of the cap presents a finished appear-- ance, no raw or unseamed edges being exposed at any time to view. 7 V I In'Figs. 4 and 6, I have shown thelining and the cap sections in relatively'extended positions giving the largest head size. In this position, thetongue 30 cannot be pulled for- Wardly to withdraw it entirely" from'out of the pocket or space 49 between the lining and the inner face of the cap sections, since the seamed fold 38 prevents further extension of the lining from the positions indicated. The

tongue may however be moved rearwardly,

lowed so to'move by reason of the independthat is further into the space 49 being allining may thereby move with'the tongue to which'it i's'secured from a point directly behind the fold line 43 to a point rearwardly of the seam 37 ofthe fold,-a 'distan'ceequal tothe length of the unseamed edge, portion 48 to decrease the head size Fthereforeon each'side f of the capfby twice-the length of the unseamed lining portion .48. Altogether, on

both sides, the adjustment possible, is sub stantiallyequal to fourtimes the length of theluns'eamed'edge l V It'willbeseen that I have provided an adjustaible 'cap wherein the ends of "the djust-'- ing strap are at all times concealed, that the adjustment may be made quickly and accurately, and that the cap is finished throughout in such a manner that the guiding tongue is hidden at all times and cannot be withdrawn, and the lining presents a finished appearance at all times.

It will further be understood that I do not intend to limit myself to the specific structure shown and described, but that I intend the foregoing to be exemplary of my invention, and intend that the limits of the invention be determined only by the appended claims and the state of the prior art.

I claim:

1. In an adjustable cap having front and rear sections relatively movable at their lower edges, a lining having a permanently formed fold, stitching securing the fold to the lower edge of the rear section, stitching securing the front part of the lining to the front 1 section leaving an unseamed lower edge on said lining behind the fold and substantially equal in extent to the width of the fold at its lower edge, a tongue on the front section passing between the fold and the rear section and projecting rearwardly of said fold, straps secured to the rear section at the sides thereof and passing about the front section to the front of the cap, and means for varying the eflective lengths of said straps.

2. In an adjustable cap, relatively adjustable front and rear sections, means for adjusting said sections, a lining for said sections, a permanently formed fold in said lining at the sides of the cap, and stitching securing the rear lower edge of the lining and the folds thereof to the rear section and the front lower edge to the front section, said stitching being omitted from the lining along that part of the lower edge immediately behind said fold for allowing limited movement of the front part of the lining relatively to said fold, while the unstitched lining portion is concealed at all times to form a finished lower edge in the cap.

JULIUS GARLSON. 

